I'm an Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering undergrad at Anna University, MIT Campus. My interests span a broad cross-section of areas such as IoT, Embedded Systems, Computer Vision, Cryptocurrency, Machine Learning, PCB Designing, Physics, Music, and Debate. I believe in the complementary nature of these diverse areas. I can use my technical skills to create new products and my soft skills to sell them! I am m highly motivated and constantly on the lookout for opportunities to improve.
Currently, I am working as a Project Associate at the Centre for Excellence in Sports Science and Analytics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, under the guidance of Dr Babji Srinivasan, Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Mechanics. If you think I'm a good fit for your research, then please contact me via rakhul[dot]kumar007[at]gmail.com.
I'm an independent teamworker, strong in research and coding. My areas of expertise are embedded systems programming, bioinformatics, and genetics. Below are highlights of my technical skills:
Here are my work experiences, intern experiences and education.
August 2023 - Present
Currently working on developing an AI-assisted trainer system for enhancing swimming stroke techniques using underwater cameras and computer vision
March 2023 - Present
Drafting articles that focus on different career oppotunitites available and the pathway to pursue them.
March 2022 - July 2023
Developed a Velostat and FSR based smart boxing shoe for analyzing the footwork of a boxer during a bout.
Embedded a microcontroller chip inside the insole which could connect to any mobile device and transfer data using Bluetooth communication protocols.
Programmed an Android application which can connect to the shoe and download EEPROM data. The application can display the player’s performance statistics and present a video analysis of the foot.
Developed Computer Vision algorithms to perform the same function by training an object detection model using transfer learning appproach.
Skills: Product Designing, C++, Memory allocation and management, Embedded System Designing, Computer Vision
August 2021 - March 2022
Constructed an IoT enabled Mobile Warehouse locker for a Singapore based supply chain management company
Developed a dedicated user interface for it using QML and C++
Skills: QML, C++, Raspberry Pi programming, Python, Arduino programming
May 2021 - August 2021
Designed User Interfaces for Shunya OS (Embedded Linux)
Developed a user interface for a Point-of-Sale System using QML and C++
Programmed a dashboard UI for Power Consumption management
Skills: Qt, QML, OpenCV, C++
May 2021 - March 2022
Drafted 40+ SEO-friendly articles that focused on the different career opportunities available for students, and detailed the procedures to pursue it as a career.
August 2019 - June 2023
GPA : 9.18/10
Student Representative & Class Committee member
Active member and leader in different student organisations
Student Member of the International Society of Automation (ISA)
March 2017 - June 2019
Activities: Part of the school's Football team during the academic year 2017-2018.
94% in AISSCE 2019 with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and English as Core Subjects and Computer Science as an elective subject.
This project aims to analyze the footwork of a boxer from recorded videos shot during a boxing bout by using deep learning and computer vision algorithms to identify the position of placement of the foot. This metric helps determine the active and inactive states during the bout and gives us the agility ratio of the player.
OpenCV-Python, Image Processing, Sports Analytics, Transfer Learning
In the traditional management system, we always see that to find out the patient’s history, the user has to go through various registers. This results in a waste of time. The Hospital management system database design is used to manage hospital functions and events. It enables the admin to register a patient for the hospital and store their disease details in the database. Any of the staff members, doctor & admin is able to add, view, edit, update or delete data. The purpose of the Hospital Management System Database Design is to make a secure and easy way of storing patient information, doctors, Hospital Staff, Laboratory tests and Bill payment.
The proposed system is more user-friendly, faster and requires a lower cost of maintenance when compared to the conventional file registers system. For example, laboratory attendants and doctors can use this database system for the preparation of accurate and prompt reports. Various changes to information like patient details or immunization details of a child can be easily updated. Calculation of a patient’s bill based on various treatments can be made easier. With this system, it will become easy to manage all processes.
Database Management System, PHP, SQL, Web Development
The control of liquid level is mandatory in process industries. But the control of nonlinear process is complex. Many process industries use conical tanks because of its nonlinear shape which contributes better drainage for solid mixtures, slurries and viscous liquids. For example, a level well above the surface can upset the process reaction balances and damage equipment, but a level below the required setpoint can also cause serious problems.
Hence, level control of conical tank presents a challenging task due to its non- linearity and constantly changing cross-section. The main objective is to implement the suitable controller design for conical tank system to maintain the desired level.
MATLAB, Simulink, Control Systems, Mathematical Modelling
The goal of this project is to recognize the handwritten digit shown in front of the camera and to display the detection. A convolutional neural network is trained to transcribe digits. The data from the learning stage allows the Pi Camera to read and recognize the digits. To implement this, Scikit and OpenCV are used for image processing and PyTorch is used for deep learning.
Computer Vision, Deep Learning, OpenCV-Python, Embedded-Vision Product Designing
Most water level indicators for water tanks are based upon the number of LEDs that glow to indicate the corresponding level of water in the container. Here we present a digital version of the water level indicator. It uses a 7-segment display to show the water level in numeric form from 0 to 9.
The numeric water indicator circuit works off 5V regulated power supply. It is built around priority encoder IC 74HC147, BCD-to-7-segment decoder IC CD4511, 7-segment display LTS543 and a few discrete components.
Digital Logic Designing, Circuit Simulation
Created own personal website for showing resume. Merged Ceeve and Kard platform from Styleshout.
Web-designing, Javascript, CSS, HTML
In this project, the PIC microcontroller is interfaced to load and retrieve data from external memory. The user-defined data is provided as the input via the source code. To execute the code, the MPLAB IDE is used along with the XC8 compiler. The code is dumped into the PIC microcontroller by employing the PIC ISP software. The programmed PIC writes the data into the EEPROM chip via the SPI protocol. Then, the data present in the EEPROM chip is read by the PIC microcontroller and displayed by making use of a 16x2 LCD.
Embedded System Designing, Firmware Development, Circuit Simulations
Three years of wetlab research on developing novel heavy metal adsorbent out of jellyfish Chondroitin Sulfate. Patented on 2016, recognized with second place in Intel ISEF 2015.
Biology, wetlab, patentSummary of my leadership & extracurricular activities
Head of Marketing and Promotion• November 2022 - Present
Joint Secretary• June 2021 - November 2022
Established the LinkedIn and Instagram pages for the club
Orchestrated marketing campaigns to create more user engagements by
mentoring a team of 10 members
Instagram
LinkedIN
Head of Event Planning • July 2022 - Present
Senior Event-Planning In-charge • July 2021 - July 2022
Content Editor • July 2020 - July 2021
Publicized the social media presence of the club by drafting and posting various articles in the club’s official Instagram page.
Supervised a team of content writers and headed a column that focused on stories about people’s experiences in uncommon situations
Organized INITIUM 2.0, a 3-day intra college event for 150 students and Quillantine 3.0 for 3000 social media followers
The MIT Quill
Treasurer• October 2021 - August 2022
Allocated funds for the club’s yearly activities
Maintained the club’s financial books by keeping track of all the expenses
Personality Development Association, MIT
Student Representative & Class Committee Member• December 2019 - May 2022
Coordinated with faculty members and students, and acted as a prime official channel of communication between them
Ensured that student’s views on academic matters were heard by the faculty members of the department.
Let me get to know more about you.
rakhul[dot]kumar007[at]gmail.com